Real name: Alexandre Materna Since he was six years old, Papo (as he calls himself) has always been in contact with music. We was already writing some poetry when he discovered hip hop culture in 1999, beginning to write and record songs. He lived in Brussels for three years where he started to hear french rap and also writing songs in french. Upon returning to Brazil in 2004, he started recording his first funk songs and performing at parties in Belo Horizonte.